The Sony a6000 snaps circles around other cameras

It happens every day: a priceless photographic opportunity suddenly bursts into view, but your DSLR is too bulky to catch it before it’s gone. That wouldn’t go down with the Sony a6000, because it’s got all the skills of a DSLR at roughly half the size and weight (and gazelle-like shutter speed to boot). Check these specs:

To test the nimble a6000’s capacity to opportunistically grab spectacular shots, we hopped on mass transit. Instead of taking pictures of “businessmen” and bored people nodding off, we captured “now you see ‘em, now you don’t” images of the surprisingly spectacular stuff you can see from subways, trains, and buses -- but only if you’re quick enough.